Students have watched classroom demonstrations on several watercolor techniques and color mixing methods. Each student is required to incorporate three or more watercolor techniques in their Illinois painting. The 6th grade is using graded washes, wet-in-wet washes, salt resist, wax resist, sponge textures, and drybrush to bring out the nature of the state of Illinois.
We have explored the color wheel through the mixing of secondary and intermediate colors,in addition to tints and neutral colors.Students have created compositions based on the use of foreground,middleground,and background or the divisions of a landscape to enhance their illusion of space and linear perspective.
